“Listen to me carefully, you damned parasite!” I screamed in his face, completely losing control, tightening my forearm around his neck until his breathing became a hiss. “Don’t you dare say my son is a bastard again. What I did in Istanbul, that damned lie on television, I didn’t do it for you, or your damned investors, or to save this company’s stock. I did it to buy time and rid the board of rats like you.” “Sebastian… you’re… you’re crazy,” Arthur managed to stammer, trying to wriggle free from my grip, but my fingers dug deeper into his clothes, tearing the seams of his suit. “The board… the board will destroy you if they find out you lied to them…” “Let them try,” I replied with a ferocious grin, the grin of the devil of Manhattan reclaiming his territory. “Let them try tomorrow if

